SLICKIE BOY Originated
and Submitted By Bob Skehan
HOOK
MUSTAD 9575 SIZE 10
HEAD
BLACK
BODY
COPPER COLORED KREINIK METALLICS
FINE BRAID
THROAT
WHITE ARCTIC FOX TIED TO HOOK BEND
UNDERWING
SPARSE ORANGE AND PURPLE ARCTIC
FOX HAIR
WING
TEAL FLANK TIED FLAT ON TOP
COLLAR
GRIZZLY HEN HACKLE, TIED BACK
COMMENTS
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE CASTING-SIZED
FLATWING PATTERN, THE TERM "SLICKIE BOY" WAS COMMONLY
USED BY U.S. ARMY PERSONNEL AS A SYNONYM FOR "THIEF"
WHEN I WAS SERVING IN KOREA IN THE EARLY 90'S. AN APPROPRIATE
MONIKER, THIS FLY SNUCK UP ON SOME VERY NICE TROUT THIS SUMMER.
